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Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes (number) by country

Total number of students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the bachelors or equivalent (ISCED 6) level.

Countries reporting
108
Highest
30.55 million number
India
Lowest
405.5 number
Liechtenstein, Principality of
Median
192,750 number
Years covered
22
1999–2020
Data points
1,026

What the numbers show

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 30.55 million number in India; the lowest is 405.5 number in Liechtenstein, Principality of.

The median across all reporting countries is 192,750 number, and the mean is 1.21 million number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 75,339.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 124.6%), and the largest decrease in Lao People's Democratic Republic (down 46.7%).

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 30.55 million number 2019 up 25.7% rising
2 China, People's Republic of 24.08 million number 2019 up 34.4% rising
3 United States 9.06 million number 2018 — flat
4 Brazil 8.45 million number 2018 up 16.0% rising
5 Türkiye, Republic of 4.11 million number 2018 up 34.7% rising
6 Mexico 4.04 million number 2018 up 37.4% rising
7 Philippines 3.16 million number 2017 up 29.9% rising
8 Russian Federation 3.03 million number 2018 up 33.6% rising
9 Japan 2.67 million number 2018 down 0.4% flat
10 Egypt, Arab Republic of 2.65 million number 2017 — rising
11 Korea 2.09 million number 2018 down 6.3% falling
12 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.08 million number 2018 down 27.6% falling
13 Germany 1.87 million number 2018 up 14.5% rising
14 Peru 1.82 million number 2016 up 75.0% rising
15 Vietnam 1.71 million number 2018 up 17.5% flat
16 Pakistan 1.68 million number 2018 up 12.9% rising
17 United Kingdom 1.62 million number 2018 up 6.2% rising
18 Colombia 1.56 million number 2018 up 20.2% rising
19 Saudi Arabia 1.31 million number 2019 up 15.3% rising
20 Spain 1.21 million number 2018 up 11.7% rising
21 Italy 1.14 million number 2018 up 2.9% flat
22 France 1.06 million number 2018 up 13.6% rising
23 Canada 1.01 million number 2018 up 6.3% rising
24 Australia 999,034 number 2018 up 10.3% rising
25 Algeria 996,087 number 2018 up 1.1% rising
26 Poland 986,723 number 2018 down 22.1% falling
27 Chile 805,053 number 2018 up 6.6% rising
28 Ukraine 800,886 number 2019 down 30.6% falling
29 Morocco 764,154 number 2019 — rising
30 South Africa 729,513 number 2018 up 21.0% rising
31 Malaysia 680,068 number 2019 up 24.7% rising
32 Greece 659,535 number 2018 up 12.1% rising
33 Syrian Arab Republic 645,958 number 2016 up 25.4% rising
34 Ecuador 567,854 number 2016 — rising
35 Kazakhstan, Republic of 542,458 number 2019 up 10.2% rising
36 Dominican Republic 520,817 number 2017 up 20.6% rising
37 Nepal 376,016 number 2019 down 7.6% falling
38 Belgium 372,686 number 2018 up 2.3% flat
39 Romania 350,263 number 2018 down 14.5% falling
40 Ghana 289,575 number 2019 up 43.7% rising
41 Belarus, Republic of 284,348 number 2018 down 33.6% falling
42 Sweden 241,045 number 2018 down 4.7% flat
43 Israel 240,653 number 2018 down 0.4% flat
44 Honduras 238,509 number 2018 up 41.9% rising
45 Sri Lanka 229,789 number 2019 down 6.4% falling
46 Cuba 224,944 number 2018 down 14.0% falling
47 Finland 207,313 number 2018 down 9.2% falling
48 Switzerland 207,284 number 2018 up 11.2% rising
49 Portugal 205,180 number 2018 down 11.4% falling
50 Mozambique, Republic of 204,401 number 2018 up 104.9% rising
51 Austria 199,236 number 2018 up 10.5% rising
52 Norway 199,223 number 2018 up 9.5% rising
53 Denmark 195,846 number 2018 up 7.4% rising
54 Czech Republic 193,614 number 2018 down 27.7% falling
55 Lebanon 191,885 number 2019 up 0.6% flat
56 Serbia, Republic of 191,014 number 2019 down 3.7% flat
57 New Zealand 187,578 number 2018 up 5.0% rising
58 Hungary 183,509 number 2018 down 22.8% falling
59 Costa Rica 178,008 number 2019 up 6.8% flat
60 Palestine 176,890 number 2019 up 0.2% flat
61 Ireland 168,877 number 2018 up 39.3% rising
62 Tunisia 163,719 number 2019 down 26.9% falling
63 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 162,103 number 2019 up 14.3% rising
64 Azerbaijan, Republic of 160,631 number 2019 up 14.9% rising
65 El Salvador 155,759 number 2018 up 9.1% rising
66 Bulgaria 155,091 number 2018 down 20.7% falling
67 United Arab Emirates 154,229 number 2017 — rising
68 Senegal 148,277 number 2019 up 44.5% rising
69 Tanzania, United Republic of 142,898 number 2019 up 2.2% rising
70 Madagascar, Republic of 123,519 number 2018 up 58.8% rising
71 Georgia 111,058 number 2019 up 14.0% rising
72 Côte d'Ivoire 101,758 number 2017 up 37.4% rising
73 Oman 99,740 number 2019 up 32.6% rising
74 Croatia, Republic of 97,605 number 2018 down 5.0% falling
75 Albania 89,231 number 2019 down 27.6% falling
76 Lithuania 88,468 number 2018 down 29.0% falling
77 Togo 84,431 number 2018 up 45.0% rising
78 Kuwait 81,414 number 2019 up 10.3% flat
79 Slovak Republic 79,000 number 2018 down 34.6% falling
80 Armenia, Republic of 69,622 number 2019 down 22.8% falling
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67,031 number 2019 down 31.1% falling
82 Rwanda 63,557 number 2019 down 6.9% falling
83 Mali 63,314 number 2015 — falling
84 North Macedonia, Republic of 56,941 number 2018 up 0.1% flat
85 Moldova, Republic of 46,779 number 2019 down 43.4% falling
86 Latvia 46,164 number 2018 down 27.0% falling
87 Lao People's Democratic Republic 45,613 number 2019 down 46.7% falling
88 Niger 42,937 number 2019 — rising
89 Slovenia, Republic of 41,840 number 2018 down 23.7% falling
90 Burundi 40,300 number 2018 up 48.5% rising
91 Bahrain, Kingdom of 40,003 number 2019 up 33.9% rising
92 Botswana 34,515 number 2019 up 15.0% rising
93 Mauritius 30,948 number 2017 — flat
94 Estonia, Republic of 28,719 number 2018 down 35.8% falling
95 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 25,061 number 2019 up 16.4% rising
96 Qatar 22,716 number 2019 up 49.6% rising
97 Cyprus 22,615 number 2018 up 13.1% rising
98 Iceland 12,189 number 2018 down 11.5% falling
99 Cabo Verde 10,988 number 2018 down 9.0% falling
100 Lesotho, Kingdom of 9,764 number 2018 up 2.6% flat
101 Malta 8,553 number 2018 up 23.7% rising
102 Brunei Darussalam 6,782 number 2019 up 41.1% rising
103 Belize 5,383 number 2019 up 15.7% rising
104 Seychelles 912 number 2019 up 124.6% rising
105 St. Lucia 885 number 2019 down 17.9% falling
106 Andorra, Principality of 553.5 number 2019 up 19.0% rising
107 Monaco 520 number 2020 — flat
108 Liechtenstein, Principality of 405.5 number 2018 — falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
151 places, 1,026 data points, 1999–2020
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Total number of students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the bachelors or equivalent (ISCED 6) level.